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The Ocean at the End of the Lane: A Novel - Community Reviews back

by Neil Gaiman, Neil Gaiman
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Hooked on Books
Hooked on Books rated it 9 years ago
This was the first fantasy story I have read in a while and it was a good book to renew my interest in the genre. It was also the first book I've ever read by Neil Gaiman. Ive heard alot about his beautiful prose and writing style and I have to agree. There were times in the book I felt like I was t...
For the Love of Stories : the Rebooted Book Review Blog
The Ocean at the End of the Lane Neil Gaiman, 2013 A man - now middle-aged - returns to the town he grew up in to attend a funeral. Needing a break from the crowd, he goes on a drive and finds himself back on the street where he grew up. He remembers a girl named Lettie Hempstock who lived with ...
YouKneeK
YouKneeK rated it 10 years ago
I really enjoyed this book. It was a short, quick read, and it held my attention well. It was a little more bare-bones than I typically like, by which I mean that the author provided only as many details as strictly needed to tell the story at hand. The setting and characters seemed so interesting t...
Category Is: Book Review Realness!
Category Is: Book Review Realness! rated it 10 years ago
“I lived in books more than I lived anywhere else.” The Ocean At The End Of The Lane is the story of the unnamed main character’s troubled and magical childhood. This book tastes like infancy itself. It’s the kind of story that transports you to another dimension completely, and is better appre...
Cheri's Book Blog
Cheri's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
I really loved the book. Really truly.
Cheri's Book Blog
Cheri's Book Blog rated it 10 years ago
I really loved the book. Really truly.
Carpe Librum
Carpe Librum rated it 10 years ago
I think that it is safe to say I had absolutely no idea what I was getting into when I chose to listen to this book.All I knew of Neil Gaiman was quotable quotes about writing and reading that I had seen on Pinterest. I certainly had no idea that I was picking up a fantasy novel.That being said, peo...
The Reading Jackalope
The Reading Jackalope rated it 10 years ago
This is not a children's novel. It is not a YA novel. I'm annoyed that it is marketed as those things, because this is very much a grownups story for all that it tells the tale of a seven year old boy. I think it may be one of the best things Gaiman has written.
My Cup of Tea
My Cup of Tea rated it 10 years ago
Becoming an adult means forgetting a million things, like the fact that those couple of trees in the backyard could easily be an enchanted forest...This book is an ode to childhood. Gaiman will carefully open a little door in your brain and take you to a place with all the familiarities of your earl...
Fantasy Hardships
Fantasy Hardships rated it 10 years ago
The Ocean at the End of the Lane won several awards the last few years and I decided to give it a read. It left me like most of these awards winning books do, in a entertained, but not excited place. The story itself is easily picked up and proceeds to a satisfying conclusion... and that is basi...
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